Angelina’s crab cakes have been renowned in Baltimore for decades. Our story dates back to a small Italian grocery that started in a row home in Parkville in 1952. Over the years the popular site would evolve into a restaurant, and then eventually a landmark destination with a legendary dish and a long list of awards. Their signature creation would be featured by newspapers and magazines, on TV and in tourist guides. Almost any local discussion of crab cakes invoked Angelina’s name. Visitors to Baltimore increasingly sought out this small spot with the big reputation, and also inquired about taking some cakes to impress the folks back home. Angelina’s began shipping direct to customers nationwide in 1993, and CrabCake.com became a pioneer of mail-order gourmet in the early days of e-commerce.

Original owner Angelina “Miss Angie” Tadduni remained personally involved until aged 84, even as times and ownership changed. Proprietors Bob and Carole Reilly created the recipe for the now-famous crab cakes in the 1960’s, and the Bufano’s were the first to bring them to a nationwide audience. Over the course of 50+ years on Harford Road, most of the people who had played a part in the restaurant would stay connected to it – even as roles were shuffled and changed. Consistency in quality and service turned out to be the true recipe for success, and this legacy remains important to us today.

Although the Baltimore dining room closed for good in 2008, our current facility on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay means even greater proximity to the authentic local sources that set us apart. Today we continue to make our crab cakes exactly as they had been at Angelina’s restaurant for decades - using jumbo lump crab meat exclusively from the Atlantic blue crab, subtly seasoned, arranged in mountainous proportions and shipped fresh to your doorstep.

Maryland and blue crabs are almost synonymous. With this dish being so central to our region’s culinary consciousness, Angelina’s crab cakes truly represent the “best of the best.” We’re proud of our long history, work hard to honor it and aim to deliver a small portion with each package we ship out.